The plastome of a brown alga,Dictyota dichotoma |
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Authors: | M Kuhsel K V Kowallik |
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Institution: | 1. Botanisches Institut der Universit?t Düsseldorf, Universit?tsstra?e 1, D-4000, Düsseldorf, FRG
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Abstract: | Summary Plastids of the brown algaDictyota dichotoma contain a single homogeneous DNA species which bands at a buoyant density of 1.693 g/cm3 in neutral CsCl equilibrium density gradients. The corresponding nuclear DNA has a density of 1.715 g/cm3. The molecular size of the plastid DNA is 123 kbp as calculated by both electron microscopy of spread intact circular molecules
and gel electrophoresis following single and double digestions with various restriction enzymes. A restriction map has been
constructed using the endonucleases Sal I, Bam HI, and Bgl II which cleave theDictyota plastome into 6, 12, and 17 fragments, respectively. No large repeated regions, as found in chlorophycean andEuglena plastid DNAs, were detected.Dictyota dichotoma is the first member from the chlorophyll c-line of the algal pedigree for which a physical map of plastid DNA has been established.
Dedicated to Professor Dr. W. Stubbe on the occasion of his 65th birthday. |
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Keywords: | brown algae Dictyota dichotoma plastome DNA restriction mapping |
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